The country's binge-drinking capitals have been revealed in research, which shows a rise in the number of hospital admissions linked to alcohol.
Official figures show a 33% increase in drink-related cases seen by accident and emergency departments in England since 2005.
The NHS trust, which saw the most cases, was Pennine Acute, which operates in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and north Manchester, and which handled 8,635 alcohol-related admissions in 2007/8.
The trusts with the next-highest totals were in Leicester, Leeds and Birmingham.
Across England, A&E units saw 449,000 admissions linked to alcohol in 2007/8, an increase of 111,000 on the total for 2004/5.
Phil Woolas, the Home Office minister and MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, said earlier this year: "Oldham town centre at the weekend is like the Wild West."
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